Mitzvah Mania

Abby, with this year's trophy:

Party Girl

Abby, modeling a homemade hate from Isabel's party.

Caterpillar!

The kids found a wooly caterpillar on the driveway and were fascinated. This made for half an hour of fun:

Short hair!

Abby decided she was ready to take it all off for the summer.

Quick NY Trip

We made a (very) short trip to Ny to celebrate the christening of our nephew, Brendan. Here are a few pics from the trip:

Abby and Benji meeting Brendan:


We also got to meet new nephew Colin on this visit:


Abby and cousin Gavin:

Uncle Tom, helping Benji with the guitar:


All dressed up for the Christening:



Brothers and sons:

The backhoe

We needed to have a water line at the house replaces, which necessitated a plumber digging up the old line. Much to Benji's delight, they came with a backhoe, which they left at the house over the weekend. Here is a picture of the devastation:



And Abby, pretending to drive:

Strawberries

While the boys had their second explorer meeting, we took the girls to pick strawberries at nearby Chiles Orchard: